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. >> host: very much so and obama however i want to drill down on that point a little bit as obama did when in the last election more than 70% of the hispanic votes. >> guest: there are places like new mexico and colorado and florida which are important marginal swing states which are always going to be critical in general elections in this country where you could have a situation but i think if you really break down the statistics in the case of obama's last election that he won by such a margin that he would have won even if it was 50/50. >> host: you mention florida and talking about obama just now and florida is in the first chapter of the book and that is where you say was the first time anglo-americans and spanish americans fused. what did you mean by that? >> guest: well it started in places very far removed. that is really because spanish empire had preempted all the parts of the hemisphere that were accessible from the outside and that were economically exploitable in worth colonizing. .. well, at the same time the english word seeking. and the first region, the exchange betwe
. >> host: very much so and obama however i want to drill down on that point a little bit as obama did when in the last election more than 70% of the hispanic votes. >> guest: there are places like new mexico and colorado and florida which are important marginal swing states which are always going to be critical in general elections in this country where you could have a situation but i think if you really break down the statistics in the case of obama's last election that he won by...
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you believe that the election of barack obama as president was a step forward just on its face? >> on its face it was a step forward. i think what has disappointed me is that being in a position of leadership as he is, he has the opportunity to smooth vose of things over to move us towards a different kind of race relations, and i think there because of ideology he chooses not to do that. and i wonder sometimes given his background whether he has the kind of leadership that we need to bring black and white americans together in the american dream. i think there's been more polarization and i wrote the book in 2010 read about the time the naacp cannot irresolution occluding t party elements of racism, and in doing that i thought let's start talking about this and get past some of the political superficiality is that leave us here and start getting deeper into things. sad to see some of the things i wrote about are still relevant today because i haven't seen anything change if anything i've seen things get worse and i think the racial tensions are as high now as they've been in my
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election but the midterm election. if there are people out there in light of a bloody let's cut the one. you can't participate in the mainstream american life of a melody. travel, check into tell, cash a check, antar government building, rent a video. he can hardly do anything. instead the critics rather than try to help people get ideas simply yell racism further exacerbating the racial political tensions. chris dodd who crafted a bipartisan lecturer -- reform bill after the florida miltown was quoted as saying the goal of american law should be to make it easy to vote and hard to achieve. we are americans. we can do both. to civil rights. one is the right to never be prevented or intimidated from voting. we had a history in many states. poll tax, literacy test, bizarre registration hours. we passed the civil rights law to prevent that. the second city right not to have your vote canceled up by someone who is an illegal alien, and died, voting twice, or someone who does not even exist. that to file its your sole right
election but the midterm election. if there are people out there in light of a bloody let's cut the one. you can't participate in the mainstream american life of a melody. travel, check into tell, cash a check, antar government building, rent a video. he can hardly do anything. instead the critics rather than try to help people get ideas simply yell racism further exacerbating the racial political tensions. chris dodd who crafted a bipartisan lecturer -- reform bill after the florida miltown...
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of barack obama as president was a stub forward just on its face? >> guest: on its face it was a step forward. i think what has disappointed me is being in a position of leadership as he is, he has the opportunity to smooth those things over, to move us toward a different kind of race relations, and i think that because of ideology, he chooses not do that. i wonder sometimes, given his background, whether he actually has the kind of leadership we need to bring black and white americans together as equag heirs of the american dream. i thing there's been more polarization -- i wrote the book in 2010 about the time the naacp came out with a resolution accusing the tea party elements of race simple, -- racism, and n dog that i thought, let's stop talking about this. let get past the plate superficialallities, and sadly to think the same things i wrote about are relevant today and i haven't seen anything changes. if anything i have seen things get worse and i think racial tensions are as high as they have been any lifetime. >> host: we're going through a
of barack obama as president was a stub forward just on its face? >> guest: on its face it was a step forward. i think what has disappointed me is being in a position of leadership as he is, he has the opportunity to smooth those things over, to move us toward a different kind of race relations, and i think that because of ideology, he chooses not do that. i wonder sometimes, given his background, whether he actually has the kind of leadership we need to bring black and white americans...
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day since the first obama election. long lines, i've done early voting ever since. i don't know why anybody doesn't do early voting if they can. do you have any feel for how early voting is doing in predominantly minority communities? is it higher than expected? higher than normal? any clues? >> so far from the data we've seen early voting states, the turn out across the board has been higher as compared to past election years which sort of shows that the base is galvanized. keep in mind early voters are voters who tend to be politically active people, active voters, minds made up early. more base-voters than those who are independents or in the middle. but so far there have been high numbers, higher numbers. but you can't tell from them yet whether that is going to equal overall higher turn outs among minority population groups. i don't think we have enough of those myrtle beaches yet. >> and i am doing work on this and it came out there are 12 states have already exceeded their early voting numbers from -- i do work o
day since the first obama election. long lines, i've done early voting ever since. i don't know why anybody doesn't do early voting if they can. do you have any feel for how early voting is doing in predominantly minority communities? is it higher than expected? higher than normal? any clues? >> so far from the data we've seen early voting states, the turn out across the board has been higher as compared to past election years which sort of shows that the base is galvanized. keep in mind...
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obama -- i want to drill down on that point a little bit because obama did win in the last election more than 70% of hispanic votes, but you don't think -- >> guest: there are places like mexico and colorado and florida which are always going to be critical in general elections in the country where he could have on this basis but i think if you break down some in the case of obama's last election he won by such a margin that even the statistic. >> host: you mentioned florida even talking about obama just now. in the first chapter of your book that's where you say it was the first time that anglo american and spanish america fused. what did you mean by that? >> guest: well, we started in places which were very far removed from one another and that's really because the spanish empire pre-empted all parts of the hemisphere that were accessible from the outside and economically exploited and colonized, but partly because of the way the wind and current of the atlantic condition was shifting routes between europe and the americas control more of those natural ports and harbors and that's why
obama -- i want to drill down on that point a little bit because obama did win in the last election more than 70% of hispanic votes, but you don't think -- >> guest: there are places like mexico and colorado and florida which are always going to be critical in general elections in the country where he could have on this basis but i think if you break down some in the case of obama's last election he won by such a margin that even the statistic. >> host: you mentioned florida even...
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if trump gets elected, republicans cannot stand up against obama when it's so right to standgainst him. either will be fine but the problem is getting good republicans who willtand up for the principles and when they say something, do something. i am a ted cruise fan ani hope that trump beats hillary. >> my vote doesn't count. >> i don't buy that. >> my vote is going to tell republans -- >> that is the mentality tt's scaring me. i still think if u believe -- i st my vote for the delegates delegates. if hlary clinton iindicted after the delegates are elected, they will have to make a decision do they want to vote for hillarynton. >> you really want another democrat. >> who do you want to be the esen ed cise. i would won't trump over hillary. >> so at least get a popular vote to the one you want to be president. >> mitt romney got destroyed. almost all of them put in the red column right now. all you need now if you have the win you ve to have florida and io and then pennsylvania or an that's right now tied 42-41. michigan is doing very well. ohio is tied ao. he went to rhode island. go
if trump gets elected, republicans cannot stand up against obama when it's so right to standgainst him. either will be fine but the problem is getting good republicans who willtand up for the principles and when they say something, do something. i am a ted cruise fan ani hope that trump beats hillary. >> my vote doesn't count. >> i don't buy that. >> my vote is going to tell republans -- >> that is the mentality tt's scaring me. i still think if u believe -- i st my vote...
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day since the first obama election. long lines. i've done early voting ever since. don't know why anybody doesn't do early voting if they can. do you have any feel for how early voting is doing in predominantly minority communities? higher than normal? any clues? >> so far from the data we have seen, early voting states can the turnout across the board has been higher as compared to past election years, which sort of shows that the base is galvanized. early voters ten to be all politically active people, active voters, minds made up early, more base voter than thin's or the middle but so far there have been higher numbers but it's -- you can tell from them yet whether that is going to equal overall higher turnouts among minority population groups. i don't think we have enough of the numbers. >> i did work on this and just came out that there are 12 states have already exceeded their total early voting efforts -- >> i'm sorry. i do work on this at the national education association, and this has -- just put into the exce
day since the first obama election. long lines. i've done early voting ever since. don't know why anybody doesn't do early voting if they can. do you have any feel for how early voting is doing in predominantly minority communities? higher than normal? any clues? >> so far from the data we have seen, early voting states can the turnout across the board has been higher as compared to past election years, which sort of shows that the base is galvanized. early voters ten to be all...
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this was the headline on election day, latino voters sweep obama and office. record latino turnout. we had a very sharp change in those last four months or so of the election 2012. went to try to grapple with what explains this turnaround. here's president obama given remarks on his immigration policy, here he is signing the order. there's dreamers respond during they had a rally on the front of the white house saying thank you for making a dream come true. there is an overwhelming reaction in 2012 to that leadership that obama showed. we saw this moment looked at some actual date of the 2,082,012 election. so i compared what was the key motivating factor of 2008 was the key motivating factor of 2012 using 22 data sets of latino photos side-by-side. you can see on the bottom we have a variety of different policy issues. the economy, the war, healthcare, generic outreach, what really changed between 2,002,012 was those latinos who felt strongly about immigration policy were the most likely, 16% more likely to vote for him which is a key ingredient 2012. in 2008 other issues like the
this was the headline on election day, latino voters sweep obama and office. record latino turnout. we had a very sharp change in those last four months or so of the election 2012. went to try to grapple with what explains this turnaround. here's president obama given remarks on his immigration policy, here he is signing the order. there's dreamers respond during they had a rally on the front of the white house saying thank you for making a dream come true. there is an overwhelming reaction in...
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the picture of obama is actually one that was taken on election night of 2008. >> host: professor one of the first things you say in this book is this is a book about discomfort. what do you mean? >> guest: i think the changes that are taking place in the united states create a certain level of discomfort among some americans. we certainly see with the tea party. they are uncomfortable at the demographic changes that are taking place in the united states. they are uncomfortable with the changes in family relationships. they are uncomfortable about homosexuahomosexua ls and relationships and marriage and so for that i think americans have understood that these changes that have taken place in the country are here to stay but for some americans that creates this discomfort because there is a sense of loss, a loss of what america used to be, a loss of that 1950s america, a loss of a time when rules to put it lightly were clear about you know marriage and family and work. just even on the work side of it, the loss of control that americans have. what i mean by that is in the 50s or 60's i
the picture of obama is actually one that was taken on election night of 2008. >> host: professor one of the first things you say in this book is this is a book about discomfort. what do you mean? >> guest: i think the changes that are taking place in the united states create a certain level of discomfort among some americans. we certainly see with the tea party. they are uncomfortable at the demographic changes that are taking place in the united states. they are uncomfortable with...
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to volunteer until president obama's election then i started making phone calls and doing phone banking. november 23, 2012 i was in chicago with my family having thanksgiving dinner. i received a phone call from jordan's father. that her only son had been shot and killed unnecessarily simply for playing loud music in his car. now, jordan had moved to jacksonville with his father. assignment two time breast cancer survivor so when i was diagnosed with breast cancer the second time we decided it was time for jordan to go with his father. i have done the formal raising and it was time for him to become a man in time for his father to take over so i could get well so that's how he ended up in jacksonville, florida. on november 23, 2012 my entire life changed overnight. every fear that i had for my son being a young black male came completely crashing down on me at that time. i recognized everything i had done to protect him make sure he was safe keep him educated keep them in church, make sure i was giving him the best at bringing occurred, it was not enough. it simply wasn't enough. it too
to volunteer until president obama's election then i started making phone calls and doing phone banking. november 23, 2012 i was in chicago with my family having thanksgiving dinner. i received a phone call from jordan's father. that her only son had been shot and killed unnecessarily simply for playing loud music in his car. now, jordan had moved to jacksonville with his father. assignment two time breast cancer survivor so when i was diagnosed with breast cancer the second time we decided it...
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obama's election. then i started making phone calls and doing phone banking. november 23, 2012, i was in chicago with my family having thanksgiving dinner. and i received a phone call from jordan's father that our only son had been shot and killed unnecessarily simply for playing loud music in his car. now, jordan the had moved to jacksonville -- jordan had moved to jacksonville with his father as i'm a two-time breast cancer survivor. so when i was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time, we decided it was time for jordan to go with his father. it was time for him to become a man, and it was time for his father to take over so that i could get well. so that's how jordan ended up in jacksonville, florida. but on november 23, 2012, when i received that phone call, my entire life changed overnight. and every fear that i had for my be son being a young, black male came completely crashing down on me at that time because i recognized everything i had done to protect him and make sure he was safe,
obama's election. then i started making phone calls and doing phone banking. november 23, 2012, i was in chicago with my family having thanksgiving dinner. and i received a phone call from jordan's father that our only son had been shot and killed unnecessarily simply for playing loud music in his car. now, jordan the had moved to jacksonville -- jordan had moved to jacksonville with his father as i'm a two-time breast cancer survivor. so when i was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second...
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i think it's important also so we understand that obama's election in some ways is symptommic of triumph against racism that don't spell the end of racism. but rather of the mutation, the shifting. adaptation. we can have a black president and at the same time have a white political party. stop for a moment and think honestly about the republican party. it's a bit of an open secret. we know this is essentially a party to find by race. nine out of ten voters were romney were white. 98% of the republican elected officials are white. they organized their politics around coded racial appeals. we have both an african-american president and a major -- one of our two major political parties. so we can -- we need to understand the triumph against racism in some ways but remains incredibly potent in others. now obama. i regret to say part of the reason race remains potent, i think, because obama, too, adopted this democratic tactic of fleeing from race. he talked about race as little as possible. he talked about it only once in the campaign in the philadelphia speech when he was forced to address
i think it's important also so we understand that obama's election in some ways is symptommic of triumph against racism that don't spell the end of racism. but rather of the mutation, the shifting. adaptation. we can have a black president and at the same time have a white political party. stop for a moment and think honestly about the republican party. it's a bit of an open secret. we know this is essentially a party to find by race. nine out of ten voters were romney were white. 98% of the...
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but that fraud affected everyone because it potentially helped get barack obama elected. another piece of voter fraud that affected every person in this room is fact that in 2008 you all may recall we had one of closest senate races in united states history in minnesota. 2.9 million votes were cast, and on election day the republican incumbent, norm coleman, was ahead by a little over 700 votes. now, the challenger -- democrat al franken, former "saturday night live" comedian, he was on when i was in high school, so that tells you a little bit about how old i am -- he went to court to challenge the race. and after months and months of litigation, after a number of recounts, you can -- there's a whole chapter in this book about the race -- al franken was declared the winner by a little over 300 votes. now, what we've discovered since then is that the vote, the winning margin was a little over 300 votes, but we now know that between 1200 and 1400 felons illegally voted in that election. so the illegal votes were four times the margin of victory. and why did that affect you
but that fraud affected everyone because it potentially helped get barack obama elected. another piece of voter fraud that affected every person in this room is fact that in 2008 you all may recall we had one of closest senate races in united states history in minnesota. 2.9 million votes were cast, and on election day the republican incumbent, norm coleman, was ahead by a little over 700 votes. now, the challenger -- democrat al franken, former "saturday night live" comedian, he was...
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however i want to drill down on that point a little bit because obama did win in the last election more than 70% of the hispanic votes, but you don't think he one -- >> guest: there are places like mexico, colorado, florida which are very important marginal swing states which are always going to be critical in general elections in this country where you could have a situation, but i think if you really sort of breakdown of the statistics in the case of obama's last election, he won by such a margin even if the spanish voted -- >> host: you mentioned for the when we were talking about obama just now come and florida is in the first chapter of your book and that's when you say it's the first time anglo american's fused. what did you mean by that? >> guest: well, it started in places which were far removed from one another, and that's really because the spanish pre-empted all parts of the hemisphere that more accessible from the side and that were exploited and worth colonizing. but partly because of the way the wind wasn't current of the atlantic condition and even the shipping routes bet
however i want to drill down on that point a little bit because obama did win in the last election more than 70% of the hispanic votes, but you don't think he one -- >> guest: there are places like mexico, colorado, florida which are very important marginal swing states which are always going to be critical in general elections in this country where you could have a situation, but i think if you really sort of breakdown of the statistics in the case of obama's last election, he won by...
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it politics professor argues barack obama election marks a new era in u.s. politics based largely on many demographic changes. of the women's national democratic club hosts this 50 minute event. [applause] .. >> the virginia races were at stake including the governorship in effect. in 1981 the new jersey governor's race coming closest in history, tom keane, a republican be is appointed by 1800 votes. history is repeating itself. know it is not. the reagan era which was 1981 to be best and characterized as the end the young and that not poor and not black. white middle-class middle aged suburban married mom and dad kids they can grasp that vision very well. it is not the vision just we he grasped the portrayed over and over again in the popular culture brother leave it to beaver in the 60s or the cause the show show -- the cause the show in the eighties but democrats did not do well. win but majority was un-young, un-black, un-poor. how badly? we know but just bear with me on two statistics. democrats won 50% of the vote to only twice since 1970. that was jim
it politics professor argues barack obama election marks a new era in u.s. politics based largely on many demographic changes. of the women's national democratic club hosts this 50 minute event. [applause] .. >> the virginia races were at stake including the governorship in effect. in 1981 the new jersey governor's race coming closest in history, tom keane, a republican be is appointed by 1800 votes. history is repeating itself. know it is not. the reagan era which was 1981 to be best and...
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meeting for the first time after obama's election victory the pair bonded immediately with obama finishing brennan's sentences by one account. among their points of whole hearted agreement was merit of a surgical approach to terrorist threats, the need to target quote, the metastasizing disease without destroying the surrounding tissue, as brennan put it, for which drones and hellfire missiles seemed the ideal tools. obama was initially balked to make brennan cia director because of his association with the agency's torture program. so instead the new president made him his assistant to counterterrorism with an office down the hall from the oval office. two years into the administration, everyone in the ritz carlton ballroom knew that the bulky irishman was the custodian of the president's kill list on which the chief executive and former constitutional law professor insisted on reserving the last word. making his final selections for execution as regularly scheduled tuesday afternoon meetings. you know, our president has his brutal side, a cia source cognizant of obama's involvement obser
meeting for the first time after obama's election victory the pair bonded immediately with obama finishing brennan's sentences by one account. among their points of whole hearted agreement was merit of a surgical approach to terrorist threats, the need to target quote, the metastasizing disease without destroying the surrounding tissue, as brennan put it, for which drones and hellfire missiles seemed the ideal tools. obama was initially balked to make brennan cia director because of his...
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obama's election and reelection as he was able to grow the voter roll ahead of the actual day people cast ballots. he was able to cat on a new and replenish surge of fresh voters. the democrats tend to excel registering voter because their base comes from those are frequent voters relatives republicans prayed they've been unable to get out there and register people kinda to sign up show up and turn out. that's a potential problem how much of a problem? i'm not sure mentioned earlier doing wellin the state. steam act expect to see a lot of campaigning between now and november? >> guest: i do and i'm basing it on guts and past experience like the past five top the ticket races here. if someone wins by two points here will be an utter blowout. i would tell people they see polls showing that the democrats are winning by eight points in june, do not expect that in november. i could eat my words, i am fully ready for a very close race here. that could take longer by the way that in the past is because we are looking at the probability of more vote by mail ballots taking more time. >> host:
obama's election and reelection as he was able to grow the voter roll ahead of the actual day people cast ballots. he was able to cat on a new and replenish surge of fresh voters. the democrats tend to excel registering voter because their base comes from those are frequent voters relatives republicans prayed they've been unable to get out there and register people kinda to sign up show up and turn out. that's a potential problem how much of a problem? i'm not sure mentioned earlier doing...
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after the 2008 and with the election of barack obama. i want to talk about democracy in the age of the new jim crow. how can we get to a deeper notion of small radical democracy that can actually create a people's movement like we had in the 1960s and 70s. needs a fundamental transformation. i am interested in this notion of grappling with a notion of democracy. not a democracy the united states projects but a democracy black people have dragged this country into expanding with their blood. >> i would argue the black freedom movement has been the grandest example of democratic struggle. by democratic struggle i mean addicted to you every day. if you really a term the dignity of every day people they are not going to choose poverty or dilapidated housing or were levels of unemployment or underand one in better depressionlike for 45 years. at that very deep level, we have to be honest with ourselves and that is all the folks you named, martin, malcolm, we could go on and on. their love of black people made them a threat to black people. we
after the 2008 and with the election of barack obama. i want to talk about democracy in the age of the new jim crow. how can we get to a deeper notion of small radical democracy that can actually create a people's movement like we had in the 1960s and 70s. needs a fundamental transformation. i am interested in this notion of grappling with a notion of democracy. not a democracy the united states projects but a democracy black people have dragged this country into expanding with their blood....
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that's one of the reasons barack obama elected. here you have. he's barely out of the state. senator, illinois. he's young. he doesn't get i don't mean this pejoratively, but he it's not like got a wealth of foreign policy expense or a wealth of experience managed a major economy. his claim to fame ultimately and he said this in a debate in an interview is that well i've managed my campaign, which in retrospect was a pretty brilliant campaign. he should get credit for that. but said, so what? maybe he's got better judgment. and they said with trump in the right battleground states, in the right counties where it mattered, notwithstanding the popular vote, you know what? okay, he doesn't act like i prefer my politicians to act and i don't know if he knows everything, but, you know, he says he's going to do it differently. what have we got to lose? and so when there is such a lack of faith in institutions and government and people like me, so i'm reporting, you know story and you're like, so what? who what do we care what you report when you have that the as the cultural zeitge
that's one of the reasons barack obama elected. here you have. he's barely out of the state. senator, illinois. he's young. he doesn't get i don't mean this pejoratively, but he it's not like got a wealth of foreign policy expense or a wealth of experience managed a major economy. his claim to fame ultimately and he said this in a debate in an interview is that well i've managed my campaign, which in retrospect was a pretty brilliant campaign. he should get credit for that. but said, so what?...
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the first reason is this election in 2012 was a collision between the america that elect barack obama in 2008 and the america they swept republicans into power in the house of representatives in 2010. bothersome simple answers. a somewhat different lecture. these are two americas that are coming together on the political battlefield and 2012 to try to settle the argument that was fair. this was also a collision of philosophies. economic philosophy, the role of government. these are two political parties that have significantly different views of what i've to be done and this is a campaign that offered at least the opportunity for a pretty grand debate about that. the third reason was this is a collision of very different personalities. if you think of where these two candidates came from and how they got to where they are, it's hard to have a greater contrast in past presidential campaigns. president obama, the son of a white woman, african father, absentee father who abandoned him in the family when he was a kid, race sometimes by a single mother enough and ice cream. as his mother w
the first reason is this election in 2012 was a collision between the america that elect barack obama in 2008 and the america they swept republicans into power in the house of representatives in 2010. bothersome simple answers. a somewhat different lecture. these are two americas that are coming together on the political battlefield and 2012 to try to settle the argument that was fair. this was also a collision of philosophies. economic philosophy, the role of government. these are two...
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day since the first obama i have done early voting ever since i don't know why everybody doesn't do it. do you have the feel how that is doing in that communities? is at higher than normal? . >> from what we have seen across the board the turnout has been higher than past election years which shows the base is galvanized early voters tend to be politically active the minds are made up early but so far have been higher numbers but you cannot tell yet if that will equal overall higher turnouts. >> and it has just came out they have already exceeded their numbers i'm sorry. i do work on this at the national education association 12 states have already exceeded total early voting numbers for 2014 but like you said it hasn't aggregated itself. >>. >> i remind myself voter suppression is historical it happened to my ancestors and many of the ancestors here. the response of the civil rights movement as a large extent to ameliorate the situation what will that take now? i don't see to address this issue but clearly that depends on voter suppression in that state. >> that is an important iss
day since the first obama i have done early voting ever since i don't know why everybody doesn't do it. do you have the feel how that is doing in that communities? is at higher than normal? . >> from what we have seen across the board the turnout has been higher than past election years which shows the base is galvanized early voters tend to be politically active the minds are made up early but so far have been higher numbers but you cannot tell yet if that will equal overall higher...
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one of mine is that when obama was elected there was a picture of jesse crying. he was there to hear obama and he was just broken with tears and could not believe what was happening and then the summer at chautauqua new york he was a speaker and i shook hands with him and it was a great memory. regardless of colo color, many, anything with the values and commonality and being to gather so grateful. >> i remember my first night. and introducing me to people. this is the first time i talked about my case publicly thank you for all the visits that you have made going here from raleigh my wife was in the visitation room whenever you came. whenever reverend jackson came. and it is good to be reformed. i use to be a professor and i thought that to make it you have to raise a lot of money and funds writing grants. and that is what sent me to prison allowing my kids to participate in them starting a pre- college program where they could start medical school. but then said you could afford it. how could you let your kids take part? >> and i never did say thank you. >> i h
one of mine is that when obama was elected there was a picture of jesse crying. he was there to hear obama and he was just broken with tears and could not believe what was happening and then the summer at chautauqua new york he was a speaker and i shook hands with him and it was a great memory. regardless of colo color, many, anything with the values and commonality and being to gather so grateful. >> i remember my first night. and introducing me to people. this is the first time i talked...
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and you think about back in 2010, midterm election president obama's term, midterm election, republican scored as oftentimes happens in these midterm elections the party or the party in power suffered devastating losses and down on the state level democrats had a net loss, republicans a net gain of 6 governorships nationwide, and over 700 state legislative seats nationwide. four years later the next midterm election republicans picked up two more governorships on top of the six they had picked up in 2010, and over 300 more state legislative seats. the point of this is to say right now, we are at a point where republicans hold more offices than they've held at any time since the 1920s, but here's where this is awfully important. when you consider that washington over the last 20-35 years under both democrats and republicans washington has had an increasingly unwilling -- they've been unwilling or unable to deal with so many problems, it's created a vacuum, and states have filled that vacuum to a certain extent, or on some issues with governors and legislators being more assertive, and wi
and you think about back in 2010, midterm election president obama's term, midterm election, republican scored as oftentimes happens in these midterm elections the party or the party in power suffered devastating losses and down on the state level democrats had a net loss, republicans a net gain of 6 governorships nationwide, and over 700 state legislative seats nationwide. four years later the next midterm election republicans picked up two more governorships on top of the six they had picked...
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, or free election of barack obama, one was more of his face with a black communities, or endorsement of our partnership with the black community to not mrs. of asking for a handout that just recognition that black folk would work hard, more up limits to his cabinet to to his credit there were a handful of appointments to prominent positions throughout the administration, but in many ways people thought that there were not enough. >> and you have to remember, i've been over in his first term, the midterm election, a lot of republican governors picked up seats and they said if the black population had turned out or those races as much as they turned out for the presidential election, the democrats would have won. and our member specifically tom joyner who is a major figure in the black community, who has a mourning readership, came on the show and basically said, well, i have tried to get barack obama on my show when is running for president. he came on the show and said, but since then we haven't heard from him. and if you wanted the black humor to come out he should have come on my s
, or free election of barack obama, one was more of his face with a black communities, or endorsement of our partnership with the black community to not mrs. of asking for a handout that just recognition that black folk would work hard, more up limits to his cabinet to to his credit there were a handful of appointments to prominent positions throughout the administration, but in many ways people thought that there were not enough. >> and you have to remember, i've been over in his first...
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it's what the senate did when barack obama was elected which is to say the number one objective of the republicans in the senate is to keep barack obama from being reelected and regardless of what the issue was, they opposed a delay i believe they were similarly frustrated in a peculiar way by electing the candidate who appear to be the most shout out into th the nighttime night timt going to take any more. they used the opportunity to vote for the unusual candidates to convey a message that they were mad as hell and not going to take any more. our democracy can't function with people yelling at each other. it functions when people work together and understand that they have a responsibility to the american people. it's what they can do to make their life better and make their life more secure. >> caller: i live in south beach carolina and i wanted to call and say that i'm tired of hearing the story that the russians hacked into the computers and stole the election for donald trump because the people of this country are tired of not having any decent jobs. they are tired of having regu
it's what the senate did when barack obama was elected which is to say the number one objective of the republicans in the senate is to keep barack obama from being reelected and regardless of what the issue was, they opposed a delay i believe they were similarly frustrated in a peculiar way by electing the candidate who appear to be the most shout out into th the nighttime night timt going to take any more. they used the opportunity to vote for the unusual candidates to convey a message that...
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the obama illustration has been very specific to use the department of justice . so with that said it this questionable the obama administration has done more than any other presidency to investigate or attempt to provide community policing resources and require the information from police departments meaning how many were shocked that that is what the federal governmentil does not keep but donald trump has stated that we don't believe the federal government should require the local governments we do not want to harass them and has stated many times he wants to restore at the porter but to rebuild the relationships to sound like he wants to be critical . and what we know about the senator jeff sessions who also had a long streak so it does seem unlikely that those attempts to reform police will be continued but most likely those that want to see change there will be a need to search and need to work at there. >> that report on police shootings? where is the best place to find that it was i comprehensive. >>guest: it may be easier to google allow "washington post"
the obama illustration has been very specific to use the department of justice . so with that said it this questionable the obama administration has done more than any other presidency to investigate or attempt to provide community policing resources and require the information from police departments meaning how many were shocked that that is what the federal governmentil does not keep but donald trump has stated that we don't believe the federal government should require the local governments...
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imagine for a moment two, four years ago, 2012 when president obama was elected, if he had ordered in 2014 when republicans took controls -- took control of the senate, imagine if at that time the president ordered the police to stand at the door of the chamber and not allow senators from the republican party to enter the chamber. that's what happened in venezuela. then, that same government in venezuela orderrd their hack -- ordered their hacks on the kangaroo supreme court to invalidate laws to free political prisoners. venezuela also has a drug cartel problem. in fact, there are officials in the highest levels of the venezuelan government who have been linked to drug cartels, among them is the former head of the national assembly, and now the vice president of that country. we'll talk about that in a moment. we also learned last week and i came to the floor to discuss it, though a cnn report confirmed what my office had gathered for a while -- by the way that will air tonight on cnn, we learned that organized crime syndicates with the approval of the government of venezuela are run
imagine for a moment two, four years ago, 2012 when president obama was elected, if he had ordered in 2014 when republicans took controls -- took control of the senate, imagine if at that time the president ordered the police to stand at the door of the chamber and not allow senators from the republican party to enter the chamber. that's what happened in venezuela. then, that same government in venezuela orderrd their hack -- ordered their hacks on the kangaroo supreme court to invalidate laws...
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some contend blacks already have received reparations in the form of barack obama's election as the 44th president of the united states. pence and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have made this claim even though a majority of white americans voted against obama. 90% of blacks voted for obama and -- [inaudible] to mean the elimination of a huge wealth gap in black and white, the huge black and white wealth gap which we do advise, obama's election for all of its salutary effects did not significantly move that needle. so another comment we hear is -- [inaudible] it was just so long ago. why do we keep bringing this up we have mortalized -- immortalized big plantations across the south. the business on those plan plantations is downplaid or the institution of slavery -- [inaudible] or we're told that blacks were delighted by the association. they had nothing, nothing better to do. this notion that slavery is not so distant falls away when one looks at the institution from a generational standpoint. so i want to read another passage about an amazing woman who we met five years ago. on
some contend blacks already have received reparations in the form of barack obama's election as the 44th president of the united states. pence and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have made this claim even though a majority of white americans voted against obama. 90% of blacks voted for obama and -- [inaudible] to mean the elimination of a huge wealth gap in black and white, the huge black and white wealth gap which we do advise, obama's election for all of its salutary effects did not...
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president obama himself said this election was more consequential. back in 2008 people were voting on a hope and a dream and kind of the historic promise of this election and in 2012 they would be voting on his record and syndicating or rejecting what he had done and a mandate to do more. he also felt he had done a lot over the course of his first two years. weather was passing health care reform deregulating wall street passing the stimulus, those are huge things he did and he felt that the republicans won in 2012 it would undo his accomplishments have you thought the stakes in this election were much higher. it's certainly the case that a lot of republicans were dispirited and by the time he got to the end of 2008, there was not much suspense around who was going to win the election especially after the wall street crisis in the fall. in this election republicans were energized and they thought president obama was the most important thing to say the country so you had to energized sides playing for high stakes so there's a fair amount of trauma inh
president obama himself said this election was more consequential. back in 2008 people were voting on a hope and a dream and kind of the historic promise of this election and in 2012 they would be voting on his record and syndicating or rejecting what he had done and a mandate to do more. he also felt he had done a lot over the course of his first two years. weather was passing health care reform deregulating wall street passing the stimulus, those are huge things he did and he felt that the...
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bush, president elect barack obama and jimmy carter. good morning. >> good morning, steve, love c-span. good morning, ms. brower. i have been voting straight democrat since 1972. i'm on south side of chicago, small city. i actually got a photograph of my late wife with mr. obama when he ran against bobby in a fundraiser at the hilton. i'm a little discouraged by what i'm reading in the news obamagate, i hope it doesn't come back to the president. i agree there are some bad actors in the top of the fbi, i'm just hoping it doesn't come back to president obama, but if it does, is there any author out there that will write about it obama and even when trump is out, write a book about trump unbiased? because there's so much bias in the news today that c-span is terrific. we all love c-span, but i'm afraid history will bend a little bit both in different directions for both different presidents, thanks a lot. >> host: bob, thanks for the call. >> there are historians who will look at the trump presidency fairly. i think there is certainly, yo
bush, president elect barack obama and jimmy carter. good morning. >> good morning, steve, love c-span. good morning, ms. brower. i have been voting straight democrat since 1972. i'm on south side of chicago, small city. i actually got a photograph of my late wife with mr. obama when he ran against bobby in a fundraiser at the hilton. i'm a little discouraged by what i'm reading in the news obamagate, i hope it doesn't come back to the president. i agree there are some bad actors in the...
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there is a serious argument that that was a major factor maybe the factor in obama's election. you cannot have part of the government playing politics against the american people and that is what we have with the irs. let's say they didn't do enough to make it happen. they were trying. >> guest: oh for hur. many of the people who work in the agency self identity -- >> host: many of the people self identify as liberals and why do you think that is? >> in american history we have always been friends of government. they were the people who wanted to stay with britain and the british government brought an army in to try to let them win that fight. what happens when you have tons of liberty today, republicans, libitarians and friends of government and any kind of liberal democrats, when the government comes in and is not the servant of the people but a participant in the political struggle and hits the tea party activist or republicans and sub-saharan -- subsidises the ad. and republicans don't want to work for the government. they work for themselves or the private sector. the gove
there is a serious argument that that was a major factor maybe the factor in obama's election. you cannot have part of the government playing politics against the american people and that is what we have with the irs. let's say they didn't do enough to make it happen. they were trying. >> guest: oh for hur. many of the people who work in the agency self identity -- >> host: many of the people self identify as liberals and why do you think that is? >> in american history we...
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. >> a lot of this started when president obama got elected and for many people just the concept of a black president in the oval office was offensive for many. they may have done it on a social media and then you have a president who comes and who spent a lot of time on the movement say the president was not born in america and then all the other -- she's tweeting or retreating white supremacist neo-nazi activities while as president and then trump comes in with abandon i think [inaudible] president could come out and say the stuff so so can i. that's bold of them and that's why they felt comfortable coming to charlottesville. if you can say publicly so can i. then the point that people use to wear hoods and they used to do this tonight. they don't think they have to wear hoods anymore. in is also the came out and this was the big coming-out party they got hurt badly in charlottesville. they got pushed, i agree with your point they weren't able to do another charlottesville because they were so injured and wounded and charged and so forth they were able to do it but it has gone out u
. >> a lot of this started when president obama got elected and for many people just the concept of a black president in the oval office was offensive for many. they may have done it on a social media and then you have a president who comes and who spent a lot of time on the movement say the president was not born in america and then all the other -- she's tweeting or retreating white supremacist neo-nazi activities while as president and then trump comes in with abandon i think...
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bush, president elect of the time, barack obama, former president clinton and carter. bob is first up from illinois. good morning. >> good morning. i've been voting straight democrat since 1972. south side of chicago, hometown, i got a photograph of my late wife when he ran against bobby at a fundraiser. i'm a little discouraged from what i'm reading in the news, i hope it doesn't come back to the president. i agree there are some bad actors, i'm just hoping it doesn't come back to president obama but if it does, is there anything after who will write a book about obama and even when trump is out, write a book about trump unbiased? there's so much bias in the news today, he spent his terrific. we all love c-span but i'm afraid history will bend a little bit in different directions from different presidents. >> thank you. kate brower. >> there are stories to look at the trump presidency fairly. i think there is certainly a degree of liberal bias but i do think sometimes when you are just saying things that are known, i think trump is, my interview with the president, i
bush, president elect of the time, barack obama, former president clinton and carter. bob is first up from illinois. good morning. >> good morning. i've been voting straight democrat since 1972. south side of chicago, hometown, i got a photograph of my late wife when he ran against bobby at a fundraiser. i'm a little discouraged from what i'm reading in the news, i hope it doesn't come back to the president. i agree there are some bad actors, i'm just hoping it doesn't come back to...
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and then once president obama was elected and took office, again, as i said, we have been da acesong sanity froth administration. so when i say what the [bleep] just happened, there's so much that goes into that question. ama? the [bleep] has happened to wayioomy t he, re u t 1970s and the 1980s, and some of you grew up in those decades as well or earlier or later, and there was always this incredible sensef american optimism. thmusic wpp lt apev gh dnyoow, ere were things that, yes, that were problematic in the culture and so on, but the overall narrative, the story of erica was positive and upbeat. vethesis cry iin yurve exio t cry ullou o wve you wted to do, this country would not stop you from dreaming and doing whatever you wanted to do. i ow i grew up with that sense of optimism. every day was a sunnyay icve w i s urdoai whe' eie over the last couple of years has been a grand theft of that sense of optimism. it's been a robbery arge thenfim very sense of american exceptionalism. what the [bleep] just happened to america? what happened to our constitution which seems to get rava
and then once president obama was elected and took office, again, as i said, we have been da acesong sanity froth administration. so when i say what the [bleep] just happened, there's so much that goes into that question. ama? the [bleep] has happened to wayioomy t he, re u t 1970s and the 1980s, and some of you grew up in those decades as well or earlier or later, and there was always this incredible sensef american optimism. thmusic wpp lt apev gh dnyoow, ere were things that, yes, that were...
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to be cool and aloof during the election campaign noted, obama. now people say give me some trauma. but the more important point obama did not have a movement behind him. i absolutely agree i would say this back in 2008 obama of the community organizer he is from chicago. that is what makes politics move. of course, we know is in 2009 we had the teapartier movement which is a tremendous example of grass-roots organizing efforts. that regardless lots of progresses and radicals to coalesce into a movement. but the question is said belonged to the organized party i am a democrat. there is something marvelous about liberals to debate and discuss. if the waiver you are a rino. how dare you have moderate views? so to talk about lincoln today he would be a radical republican not as radical as frederick douglass. but he just wanted to solve the problem but frederick douglass he was the radical. in that this is something less love political history but today i was saying when a bomb the got elected this is a combination of the energies of many people to come together for a strong movement an
to be cool and aloof during the election campaign noted, obama. now people say give me some trauma. but the more important point obama did not have a movement behind him. i absolutely agree i would say this back in 2008 obama of the community organizer he is from chicago. that is what makes politics move. of course, we know is in 2009 we had the teapartier movement which is a tremendous example of grass-roots organizing efforts. that regardless lots of progresses and radicals to coalesce into a...
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nothing to brag about even when obama got elected twice, although turnout was high it was not nearly as high as people thought it would be when you look back and retrospect. but you get more people interested because there's a greater ground game. also, the people who do the registration and who get people to vote, they educate voters and one reason they don't educate them and i don't want to be cynical about it but most candidates like the same people to vote over and over. we always talk about new voters, most state and local campaigns that i look at, people don't like new voters because they don't know what they are going to do. >> host: so just to take it from the candidates, increased turnout is going to mean more money is required to run the selection. we are going to have to identify more people and there will be more problems because the cost of these elections are going to go up and i will have to raise more money. and if you do the kind of vote buying that i said, first well it's not that expensive. you still still need campaign funds that you get from the candidates and th
nothing to brag about even when obama got elected twice, although turnout was high it was not nearly as high as people thought it would be when you look back and retrospect. but you get more people interested because there's a greater ground game. also, the people who do the registration and who get people to vote, they educate voters and one reason they don't educate them and i don't want to be cynical about it but most candidates like the same people to vote over and over. we always talk...
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so, it did not take long for president obama to get the message. a weekly address on november 13, 2010, calling upon congress to stop earmarks. he said "given the deficits that have mounted over the past decade, we cannot afford to make these investments in things like infrastructure, education, research and development, unless we are willing to cut what we don't need". i am going to give you a further obama quote. it is a very long one. it is coming from a democrat president. "i agree with those republicans and democratic members of congress who recently said that in these challenging days, we cannot afford what are called earmarks, those are items inserted into spending bills by members of congress without adequate review". now, some of these earmarks support worthy projects in commy others do not. we cannot afford bridges to nowhere like the one that was planted a few years back in alaska. earmarks like these represent a relatively small portion of overall federal spending, but, when it comes to signaling our commitmentin to fiscal responsibilit
so, it did not take long for president obama to get the message. a weekly address on november 13, 2010, calling upon congress to stop earmarks. he said "given the deficits that have mounted over the past decade, we cannot afford to make these investments in things like infrastructure, education, research and development, unless we are willing to cut what we don't need". i am going to give you a further obama quote. it is a very long one. it is coming from a democrat president. "i...
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bob bauer and benjamin ginsberg, cochairs of the obama's commission on election administration in 2013 talk about their efforts to protect election officials and concerns for the midterm. this is one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you. welcome, everyone. it's good to see so many people here and i appreciate you all coming for this event. for those of you, very few who don't know me, i am david becker, executive director and founder of the center for election innovation and is all of you in this room no, we are strictly nonpartisan, nonprofit that works with election officials across the country and the political spectrum to promote elections voters and do trust. we found it see eir six years ago almost exactly, summer of 2016 and perhaps naÏvely thought we would continue doing the work of professionalizing election of administration which so much good work has been done making voter registration better. literally the same week we founded ir presidential candidate talking about losing the election, the election was rigged. what we have seen the last several years and it didn't st
bob bauer and benjamin ginsberg, cochairs of the obama's commission on election administration in 2013 talk about their efforts to protect election officials and concerns for the midterm. this is one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you. welcome, everyone. it's good to see so many people here and i appreciate you all coming for this event. for those of you, very few who don't know me, i am david becker, executive director and founder of the center for election innovation and is all of...
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and after and it really has its roots back in 2008 as a response to the election of president obama. we also see that there has been a post-racial narrative that was popular after the election of 2008 that then quickly has been put aside in my opinion because it was not accurate that we were in a post-racial state of being that certainly got narrative was challenged by some others boehner recently the documentation of police shootings that we have all seen with the use of cell phone vid video. we know about the impact of the shooting in 2012 and that equals all of george zimmerman the man that shot him, and we know certainly and i do not need to rehearse all of the examples of police shootings whether we are thinking about minneapolis or michael ferguson or michael brown and ferguson mystery. the emergence of black lives matter is certainly part of the narrative. of course then if we move quickly into the present times, the decision, the divisive naturto move the divisivenaturen into the election of donald trump and realit the reality the are all experiencing right now. i will have a
and after and it really has its roots back in 2008 as a response to the election of president obama. we also see that there has been a post-racial narrative that was popular after the election of 2008 that then quickly has been put aside in my opinion because it was not accurate that we were in a post-racial state of being that certainly got narrative was challenged by some others boehner recently the documentation of police shootings that we have all seen with the use of cell phone vid video....
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and frankly i had no delusions about the magic of barack obama's election. to me the fact that he got elected was evidence of racial progress in itself. once he got elected the next day it is a whole new ball game as we have seen. in any case, this letter said, mr. page, you have written an article which is misleading and inflammatory. this is my fan mail. exempt for a few die-hards from the 1960s who are still outraged they had to go to a colored wash room, things have gotten much better. for the overwhelming numbers of americans race plays no part in their lives or thoughts. it is not about race, but money, education, influence. get a good education, make money, a simulate and things move along. need to quit beating the old drum. nobody's listening. you think our hispanic and asian minorities care about this? best of luck, bh. it is a fan letter. best of luck. he wishes me well. and i honestly, sincerely believe that because i actually like letters from people that really show some thought. not just you know, a lot of invective. i understand where he is co
and frankly i had no delusions about the magic of barack obama's election. to me the fact that he got elected was evidence of racial progress in itself. once he got elected the next day it is a whole new ball game as we have seen. in any case, this letter said, mr. page, you have written an article which is misleading and inflammatory. this is my fan mail. exempt for a few die-hards from the 1960s who are still outraged they had to go to a colored wash room, things have gotten much better. for...
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in the general electric--general election obama made it 62 vote. was about hope and change, i've voted in every single election including the midterm elections since i was 18. bristol pailin didn't vote in this election because she would rather be on a television show. we have to set -- it should be a law that you have to vote in this country. a lot of women did a lot of things to make sure i had the right to vote. anyone who doesn't vote in any election is an american. i don't understand it. >> what are some of the things you say to young people? >> you can't sit around and complain about anything unless you are voting. you don't have a right to criticize any politician unless you by the rise. >> you do that through twitter and facebook? >> you can't yell about things unless you are voting. i would be humiliated to admit i didn't vote. i can't wrap my head around not voting. the last election was very sexy. i personally think like australia it should be illegal not to vote but that won't get past. >> i'm interested in your experience in the 2,000
in the general electric--general election obama made it 62 vote. was about hope and change, i've voted in every single election including the midterm elections since i was 18. bristol pailin didn't vote in this election because she would rather be on a television show. we have to set -- it should be a law that you have to vote in this country. a lot of women did a lot of things to make sure i had the right to vote. anyone who doesn't vote in any election is an american. i don't understand it....
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one of my expenses is when obama was elected there was a picture of jesse crying. he was there to hear obama and he was broken with tears. could not believe what was happening, he was so happy. then in chautauqua, new york, i went up and shook hands with a him and it was a great memory. what a great family. regardless of color, money or anything, talking about values and commonality and being together and we are so grateful to have you in raleigh. >> thank you for having us. >> i spent time with jesse.r i remember my first night. jesse taking me around introducing me to people. this is the first time i am talking about my case. mother jackson and i would like to partner. the visitation room. and reverend jackson came. it said a lot tonight about reform. i used to be a professor and i thought to make it you have to raise a lot of money and funds. that send me to prison, allowing my kids to participate in the same program iran came to see the opportunity i could give. i started precollege program where i got kids into medical school. like i said, you could afford it.
one of my expenses is when obama was elected there was a picture of jesse crying. he was there to hear obama and he was broken with tears. could not believe what was happening, he was so happy. then in chautauqua, new york, i went up and shook hands with a him and it was a great memory. what a great family. regardless of color, money or anything, talking about values and commonality and being together and we are so grateful to have you in raleigh. >> thank you for having us. >> i...
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i would argue when obama's both of obamas elections i think it definitely featured in those locations that i run to dominant issue but an issue that mattered. rays8. mousse and i picked 2018 becausene started negotiating wh taliban so absolute low point for afghan featuring in american conscienceness an this was before mid-terms they asked americans about issue of afghan and how they rank as a priority and four, i think it is 44% of americans not that they didn't care about afghanistan they continue say if we were fighting wart like they didn't even knoe bad people but no reason for them care. it sounds like you blame politicians to some extent for this because also -- keeping in mind in 2014 obama declared combat operations over. right? in afghanistan -- like the end of major combat operations. >>ra trashing all corporations n 20 years and we were talking back there about how in 2003 donald03 rumsfeld went to kacial and declared major combat operations over it. so to some extent it's not -- far be it to defend american people but i do but they're politicians arere telling them someth
i would argue when obama's both of obamas elections i think it definitely featured in those locations that i run to dominant issue but an issue that mattered. rays8. mousse and i picked 2018 becausene started negotiating wh taliban so absolute low point for afghan featuring in american conscienceness an this was before mid-terms they asked americans about issue of afghan and how they rank as a priority and four, i think it is 44% of americans not that they didn't care about afghanistan they...
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raise your hand if you voted for president obama in the last election and. okay. and ration and 80 voted for governor romney in the last election. 123, four, five. all right. i need to congratulate you all about the standards of most groups. you're a very diverse group of people. i think that's great. if you need help getting out afterwards, let me know. come back stage. nice that you're all interested in politics. second question i just want to get a sense of the book. how many of you have not read again yet? regime. how many have read it? not very many. moment i talked for about about what's in the book because so few of you have read it there i don't want to give away the ending. mike i'm just going to talk more about the process than what's in it. we had as john said a great challenge in doing a second book because of so many elements of the first book that were pretty compelling. we had great characters to write about. our joke was if you got a campaign where rudy giuliani is the most interesting candidate you know you've got a group of interesting people to
raise your hand if you voted for president obama in the last election and. okay. and ration and 80 voted for governor romney in the last election. 123, four, five. all right. i need to congratulate you all about the standards of most groups. you're a very diverse group of people. i think that's great. if you need help getting out afterwards, let me know. come back stage. nice that you're all interested in politics. second question i just want to get a sense of the book. how many of you have not...